Table 2

Number and rate (%) of respondents regularly riding motorcycle as the driver or a passenger from the 2001 and 2009 Taiwan National Health Interview Surveys

20012009p Value
n%95% CIn%95% CI
Total16 10087.9(87.4 to 88.3)17 94892.5(92.1 to 92.9)<0.0001
Sex
 Male813189.3(88.7 to 90.0)855392.5(91.9 to 93.0)<0.0001
 Female796986.4(85.7 to 87.1)939592.5(92.0 to 93.0)<0.0001
Age group (years)
 12–17182984.4(82.9 to 85.9)215492.1(91.0 to 93.2)<0.0001
 18–24273595.5(94.7 to 96.2)252497.9(97.3 to 98.4)<0.0001
 25–44716790.2(89.6 to 90.9)757593.9(93.4 to 94.5)<0.0001
 45–64436981.7(80.7 to 82.7)569588.6(87.9 to 89.4)<0.0001
Urbanisation level
 Rural484890.6(89.8 to 91.3)466191.6(90.8 to 92.4)1.1611
 Suburban288290.5(89.5 to 91.6)313393.0(92.3 to 93.8)0.0005
 Urban421489.0(88.1 to 89.9)454594.1(93.4 to 94.9)<0.0001
 Metropolitan393582.0(80.9 to 83.1)559291.2(90.5 to 91.9)<0.0001
SII−0.025(−0.029 to −0.021)0.002(−0.001 to 0.006)<0.0001
RII0.785(0.753 to 0.818)1.040(0.896 to 1.097)<0.0001
Education level
 Primary or lower3,2284.2(83.0 to 85.4)222689.8(88.6 to 91.0)<0.0001
 Secondary338589.2(88.3 to 90.2)327692.6(91.8 to 93.5)<0.0001
 High school569790.4(89.7 to 91.2)617694.2(93.6 to 94.7)<0.0001
 College or higher 379286.2(85.2 to 87.2)626291.8(91.1 to 92.4)<0.0001
SII−0.001(−0.006 to 0.004)−0.003(−0.011 to 0.002)0.6367
RII0.979(0.932 to 1.029)0.938(0.877 to 1.003)0.4154
Household monthly income (NT dollars)
 <=29 999295686.8(85.7 to 88.0)341491.8(91.0 to 92.7)<0.0001
 30 000–49 999387890.2(89.3 to 91.1)379794.7(94.0 to 95.4)<0.0001
 50 000–69 999364389.6(88.7 to 90.6)319194.5(93.7 to 95.2)<0.0001
 70 000–99 999292987.6(86.5 to 88.8)249192.8(91.8 to 93.8)<0.0001
 >=100 000254083.6(82.2 to 84.9)237887.8(86.5 to 89.0)<0.0001
SII−0.006(−0.010 to −0.003)−0.012(−0.016 to −0.010)0.2252
RII0.941(0.909 to 0.975)0.839(0.801 to 0.879)0.0015
  • SII=slope index of inequality (ie, linear coefficient) according to linear regression model.

  • RII=relative index of inequality (ie, OR) according to logistic regression model.